Rim-tool



A. B. SMITH.

RIM TOOL.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB.13| 1919.

1,31%,5Q Patented Aug. 12 1919.

UNITED STATES P T nToFFroE.

ALFRED .B. SMITH, or 'ror'mm Kansas.

RIM-TOOL.

To all 1 hom it may concern:

Be it known that I,' ALFRED B. SMrrH, a" citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shaiwnee and State of Kansas,-nave invented a new and useful Rim-Tool, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that as a matter of knowledge it is somewhat difficult to manipulate a divided wheel rim, for the purpose of removing a tire there-. from or for the purpose of mounting a tire thereon. The present invention aims to, provide a simple tool whereby a rim may' be manipulated as and for the purposes above described, the structure comprising but few parts. and being unlikely to get out of order, the tool being SQmude-that it is well adapted to withstand the severe usage to which structures of this kind are subjected commonly.

It iswithin the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the combination .and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed. it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise emlmdiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in topplan, a device constructcd in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation wherein a. Hindilied form of the invention has been applied to a wheel rim; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the tool shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4'is a section taken approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

lleterring to Fig.1 ot' the drawings, the tool is shown as comprising a loop 1. Screws 2 are oppositely threaded as shown at l. into the ends of the loop 1 andterniinate at their outer ends in broad end heads 4 having reduced hooks 5, the structure be- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed February 13, 1919. Serial No. 276,755.

ing, in substance, at turn buckle. It will be obvious that the hooks 5 may be engaged with oppositely disposed portions of a wheel rim and that, by a proper manipulation of the loop 2 the ends of the wheel rim may be moved with respect to each other, to effect a contractionor an expansion of the rim.

Passing to the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 2, there is provided a first loopv 6 having oppositely disposed grooves 7, in which a carrier or ring 8 is mounted to rotate, the ring comprising parts 9 and 10 having flanges 11 connected by rivets 12 or in any other suitable way.

' The part 10 of the ring or carrier 8 is supplied with ,an extension 14 on which one end of a second loop 15 is journaled, the second loop being retained on the extension lfi by means of a head 16 fashioned on the exten sion, all of which will be clear when Figs.

2 and 4 are compared. Screws 17 are oppositely threaded as shown at 18, into the ends of the first loop 6 and are provided attheir outer ends with broadened heads 19 h-avin reduced hooks 20. A screw 21 is threa ed into the outer end of the second loop 15, as shown at 22, and terminates, at itsouter end, in a broadened head 23 having a reduced book 24. The hooks 20 and 24 are engaged with a wheel rim 50, at spaced points, and, obviously by manipulating the loops 6 and-15, a movement between the ends of the rim will be brought about. It is to be observed that the loop 15 has an axial rotation on the extension 14, a swivel butt being formed.- Further, the loop 15, together with the screw 21 may be swung transversely of the first loop 7, the carrier or ring 8 rotating in the grooves 7. The

structure, therefore, is such. that the device A swinginginovement about the first loop and 100 for rotation on an axis screws on ositel as mv own I have hereto afiixed rm si threaded .into the outer ends of the first nature in the presence of two Witnesses.

100p, and a screw threaded intothe'onter ALFRED B. SMITH. end of the second loop, the screws being pro- \Vitnesses: 5 videdwith rim-engaging means. C B. (hsmm,

In testimony thzi-t I claim the foregoing E. J. S.\L\LLl-IY. 

